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How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

President Trump's firings this week of the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission drew fresh outrage from people who view the terminations as blatant abuses of power, and renewed assertions from the White House that the president has the authority to fire such officers at will.

Already, Trump's removals of Democrats at the Merit Systems Protection Board, the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority and other independent agencies have been challenged in federal court.

Now, it appears likely one of those cases will reach the Supreme Court. With several cases in the running, the question is which might get there first. The fired FTC commissioners have vowed to sue as well.

Members of independent agencies fired by Trump

Jan. 27

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Fired Democratic Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels have not yet challenged their firings.

National Labor Relations Board

Democratic board member Gwynne Wilcox was reinstated by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell. The D.C. Circuit is weighing the Trump administration's appeal.

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Democratic members Travis LeBlanc and Edward Felten have challenged their firings. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton has scheduled a hearing for April 30. Trump also fired Democratic